Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.42
August 17, 2021
…is working closely with the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to advance the MG Velos 100 through the certification process. The company said it will be uniquely positioned to offer transplant stakeholders the only UAS capable of routine medical cargo delivery in urban environments. Using the MG Velos 100, organ procurement organizations (OPOs), hospitals and laboratories could autonomously deliver specimens over all traffic and geographical limitations, said MissionGO. In addition, MediGO will offer visibility and transparency, and AlarisPro will provide fleet and maintenance management, covering every detail of multi-modal organ and blood shipments, it said. Doctors and clinicians can then…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 2.61
July 19, 2021
…vice president of energy solutions at PrecisionHawk. “Many certified FAA Part 107 pilots lack live flight experience, and our program is specifically designed to give them hands-on field experience to help them carry out inspections of their transmission and distribution assets with greater confidence and higher levels of safety.” PrecisionHawk said it automates geospatial (GIS) data acquisition and analysis for enterprises. The Raleigh, N.C.-based company said its portfolio of GIS services and tools enables organizations to safely collect data and make precise decisions while managing their physical assets at scale. Built on more than a decade of experience in applications…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 1.32
July 11, 2021
…autonomous systems. More recently, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Skyward to test cellular-connected drones and software for complex operations such as beyond visual line-of-sight (BVLOS) flights and universal traffic management (UTM). The FAA is also working with American Robotics Inc. and Scientific Applications & Research Associates Inc. (SARA) on applying SARA's acoustics-based collision-avoidance technology with American Robotics' Scout drones. In February, Verizon said it would acquire incubed IT, which has built software providing autonomous navigation tools for managing mixed fleets of autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) in industrial settings. Robotics Business Technology will…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 1.72
July 09, 2021
…in a new category of valuable analytics and insights.” FAA approval builds interest in American Robotics American Robotics was founded by leading roboticists from Carnegie Mellon University and Stanford University and focuses on designing, developing, and marketing drones for real-world environments. It offers Scout as a “drone-in-a-box” turnkey data service under a robotics-as-a-service (RaaS) business model. American Robotics noted that Scout is the first and only drone system approved by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for automated beyond visual line-of-sight (BVLOS) operations with no humans on site. In the six months since it received FAA approval, the company has…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.64
July 05, 2021
…Mass.-based company last week said it will join the FAA's rulemaking committee to advance beyond visual line-of-sight, or BVLOS, drone flights. The committee will provide recommendations for regulations to normalize safe, viable, and scalable BVLOS operations to support the $100 billion commercial drone industry. “American Robotics is excited to participate in pushing forward BVLOS regulations alongside the FAA to develop safe integration of UAS [unmanned aerial systems] into our National Airspace System,” said Reese Mozer, co-founder and CEO of American Robotics. “Our groundbreaking FAA approval in January 2021 was an important and significant step forward for the commercial drone community…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.58
June 30, 2021
…certified for flight by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Morris is also recognized for his early expertise in industrial metals such as titanium and for integrating AM with traditional manufacturing floor systems. MTI was acquired by GE Aviation in 2012. Morris, Rengers, and Warden then applied their decades of collective experience with thousands of applications across the aerospace, medical, defense, oil and gas, and consumer goods industries to found Vertex. Where Morris Technologies primarily focused on prototyping use cases, Vertex was created with a mission to help customers who need advanced manufacturing solutions for both development and production problems.…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.30
June 25, 2021
…visual line-of-sight operations in the National Airspace System.” “The FAA has rigorous requirements for drone companies to prove they can operate safely in the NAS without visual observers or pilots on the ground, and with other manned aircraft,” stated Vijay Somandepalli, co-founder and chief technology officer of American Robotics. “For the drone industry to reach its multi-billion dollar potential and meet the safety regulations set by the FAA, there must be an ecosystem of competent and capable technology partners who work together to make automated commercial drones a reality. The American Robotics and SARA partnership exemplifies the importance of working…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 2.48
June 18, 2021
…10,000 pilots certified by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for its on-demand drone-delivery network. Walmart builds on proxmity “Since partnering with DroneUp last year, we’ve valued their technological expertise, world-class operations, and experienced management team – and their commitment to helping the FAA ensure the highest levels of safety with every delivery,” said Furner. He noted that DroneUp “was the first operator to use the FAA 107.39 waiver, an operation that allows for delivery flights to be conducted over people and moving vehicles” beyond the visual line of sight (BVLOS). DroneUp also provides drone services to government organizations in…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.58
May 25, 2021
…above people. The Tel Aviv, Israel-based company said the FAA waiver will allow it to make the largest-scale backyard drone deliveries to date. With more than 50 years of aerospace and defense experience, Flytrex claimed that its direct-to-consumer service lets retailers and quick-service restaurants (QSRs) cater to a wider customer base with faster, safer, and cheaper deliveries than ever before. The company added that it is helping to set new drone safety standards and regulations, as well as to bring simpler, quicker, and greener autonomous delivery. Flytrex works with regulators From 2018 to 2020, Flytrex participated in the FAA's Unmanned…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.44
May 17, 2021
…robotics-as-a-service (RaaS) business model. The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in January approved Scout as the first system for automated beyond visual line-of-sight (BVLOS) operations with no humans on-site. The company said this approval gives it an exclusive first-mover advantage to unlock the commercial drone market by overcoming the need for costly visual observers to be on the ground during every drone flight. With humans removed from the field and data processing achieved at the edge, users can reduce data-acquisition costs by more than tenfold, said AR. American Robotics said Scout System consists of the following: Scout, a fully autonomous…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.32
April 19, 2021
…agency – presented NASA and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) with official ICAO designator “IGY,” call sign “INGENUITY.” The location of the flight has also been given the ceremonial location designation “JZRO” for Jezero Crater. Artist's concept of Ingenuity robotic drone in flight near the Perseverance rover on Mars. Source: NASA JPL-Caltech Still a prototype While Ingenuity's flight is a milestone in human technology and exploration, the helicopter has no scientific instruments, unlike Perseverance. It is intended as a demonstration that aerial operations are possible on Mars, noted NASA. Parked 211 ft. (64.3 m) away at Van Zyl Overlook, the…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.23
April 07, 2021
…power for beyond visual line-of-sight [BVLOS] operations. Fuel requirements of 20% are well defined for weight in aviation. The FAA [U.S. Federal Aviation Administration] is wise to be careful about this. What does the 500th recharge look like?” “We've been doing a lot of work in wireless and autonomous charging with Commander,” he said. “We also have onboard chargers that are able to be standalone battery chargers and are also looking at contact-based charging systems because Commander can manage onboarding for applications that aren't necessarily contactless.”
